How Turquoise loves knocking down his straw man! I don't know anyone in the TM movement who thinks like this. People are much more intelligent than he seems to think.
--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It's a pretty strong indictment of the claim that > > > > > TM makes one more able to deal with 'stress' and > > > > > function effectively in the real world. I can only > > > > > hope that the next time I fly the person in charge > > > > > of air traffic control does NOT practice TM. "Oh... > > > > > two planes on a collision course...better meditate..." > > > > > > > > Heh. I wouldn't blame TM, but only the insular environment > > > > where they are living. > > > > > > I'm not convinced. The same mindset has been present > > > in *every* TM environment I've ever lived or worked > > > in, including the centers and administrative offices > > > in the heart of Los Angleles. One can create an 'island' > > > anywhere if one wants to. > > > > > > The question for me is whether this mindset is the > > > result of TM per se or the effect of decades of > > > indoctrination in "Don't focus on the negative." > > > I don't know. > > > > Since I've been practicing TM for 30+ years and been in various > > enviornments where emergencies are contrived to happen (e.g. > > USAF/NATO exercises) I can assure you it's the lack of > > experience/practice with emergencies. The military spends a LOT of > > time and money training people to know what to do "under fire." > > The TMO doesn't. > > The TMO, in fact, trains people in the *opposite*, > that they will become 'in tune' with the 'laws of > nature,' and thus nothing bad will ever happen. I > still think that *this* is the problem. Not only > were these people not trained in how to react to > such a situation, they didn't want to *believe* it > was happening. Rather than deal with it, they tried > their best to make it 'go away' and *not* deal with > it. I'm afraid that this attitude will continue at > MUM, no matter what policies are implemented or > what training is provided. This myth of being > 'invincible' due to the power of TM and the siddhis > is part and parcel of the TMO teaching and its > environments. The first reaction to a bad situation > happening is always going to be, "This isn't really > happening, because it *can't*. These kinds of things > just aren't supposed *to* happen." > > I'm actually somewhat surprised MUM had insurance. > It must be a legal requirement for a school in Iowa. > If the MUM administrators actually believe the stuff > they've been told by Maharishi and that they repeat > themselves, they would tend to believe that there is > no *need* for insurance of this sort, because nothing > bad can ever happen to people who have the 'laws of > nature' supporting them. > > A quick look around at the number of TMers in Fair- > field who get sick, have accidents, and even commit > suicide would tend to challenge this belief. But > when has reality *ever* challenged a belief on > which one has based one's entire life? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
